Offenders, deviants or patients? /
Herschel Prins
- Second Edition
- London : Routledge, c1995.
- xiii, 278 pages ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents List of illustrations Foreword / John Wood Preface Acknowledgements Note on case examples Pt. I Legal and administrative frameworks 1 Problem areas revisited 1 2 Responsibility (liability) for crime 9 3 Systems of disposal 43 Pt. II Clinical considerations 4 Mental disturbance and criminality 87 5 Psychopathic disorder: a useful label? 119 6 Violence and homicide 143 7 Fire-raising 170 8 Sexual behaviour and misbehaviour 196 9 Will they do it again? 228 10 Training: enhancing understanding 252 11 Concluding comments 267 Name index 270 Subject index 274
0-415-10221-9 (pbk.)
Insane, Criminal and dangerous -- Great Britain Mentally ill -- Commitment and detention -- Great Britain Mentally ill -- Care -- Great Britain